The Minnesota Vikings opened their preseason schedule at US Bank stadium on Saturday afternoon and cruised to a 20-10 victory over the Houston Texans. More important than the victory is how particular players and units looked overall. Here’s some notes and other insights on the Vikings’ first preseason game of 2025.

Kevin O’Connell gave J.J. McCarthy just one drive to start the game and he looked fine. He went 4/7 for 30 yards and a 67.6 passer rating, so nothing extraordinary, two of the incompletions came on a swatted down ball by an unblocking defensive lineman and a drop/PBU on an accurate short pass to Jordan Mason. The third was sailed a bit too high for Lucky Jackson to bring down although I’d have liked to see a bit more effort from him. He had three completions to Jordan Addison

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